Gustav set to become a hurricane

Gustav - the cause of flooding that killed 23 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, was nearly stationary about 80 miles east of Kingston, Jamaica, but it was expected to run west-southwest, very close to Jamaica later in the day, said the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Maximum sustained winds were near 70 mph, and it could become a hurricane again soon.

Some models showed Gustav taking a path toward Louisiana and other states devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita three years ago.

Gustav hit Haiti as a hurricane on Tuesday, causing floods and landslides that killed 15 people on Haiti's southern peninsula, where it dumped 12 inches or more of rain.

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